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J' S' PARMALEB. Barrel-Filler.

No. 208,332. Patented Sept. 24,1878.

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JOIIT S. IARMALEE, OF CLEVELAND, OIIIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARREL-FILLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. QOSSQ, dated September 24, 1878; application iilcd July 17, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN S. PARMALEE, of Oleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and Sta-te of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Fillers; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form partof this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in barrel-fillers; and it consists in combinations and construction that will more fully herein after appear.

In the drawings, Figure l shows one form of my device. Fig. 2 is another view of the same, showing the inlet-pipe and other features notshown in Fig. l. Fig. Sisavertical sectional view of the same, taken through the line a: a: of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detached view, showing the manner of attaching the device to a barrel during the operation of iillin g, and liberating it after the barrel is filled. Fig. 5is a detached view of one form-of mechanism by which the amount of fluid admitted to the barrel may be regulated.

A is the casing or spigot through which the fluid passes from the tank or reservoir to the barrel. This spigot is supplied with an aperture, A1, through which the float B passes. The float B is attached to a lever, B', which is suitably connected with the valve O. D is a crank hand-wheel, permanently attached to the shaft E. To this shaft E is also attached the eccentric El, which is connected with the valve O by the eccentric-rod E2. A2 are airpassages, through which the air from the barrel during the operation of llin g may pass.

Heretofore in most barrel-llers the spigot has been made to fit loosely in the bung-hole of the barrel, and thus permit the escape of air to the outside. I have found by actual ex-V periment that more or less oil :is forced out with the air when used for filling oilbarrels, and allowed to escape in the manner above described. This oil would run over the barrel, and more or less injure the paint upon the outside, besides wasting the oil. To obviate this I make the spigot of my filler to lit closely the bung of the barrel, and hold it firmly in position by means of the spring-latch A4.

Air-passages connectingthe inside of the barrel with the outside are provided,through and connecting the apertures A2 and the crown, head,"or dripping-pan A3.v The dripping-pan A3 is provided with double cover, project-ing from and attach ed to opposite sides of the drippan, as shown in Fig. 3, thus permitting the easy escape of air, but retaining the oil or other liquid that may be forced up by y the air in the shape of froth or foam, and return ing it to the barrel through the spigot A as the bottom of the drip-pan is connected by a fluid-passage directly with the interior of the spigot.

The operation of my device is as follows: The inlet-port A5, Fig. 2, is suitably connected with the reservoir or supply, preferably by elastic hose. rIhe filler A is inserted in the bung-hole of the barrel until the crown A3 rest s upon the outside of the stave, and is held sccurely in position during the operation of filln ing by means of the spring catch or latch A4. The valve O is raised by turningthe crank I) partially around until the catch d engages the spring-lever or slotted catch d2 before regulated by the set-screw d1. By this operation the valve C is raised from its seat O, and ben ing connected, as shown in Fig. 3, lwith the float B, carries the said float B through the aperture A2 in the spigot A into the barrel, as shown in the same gure.

The aperture All may or may not be supplied with a door that will close automatically by means of a spring after the float B has passed out.

The val've being open the barrel is now lled rapidly, as the passage is clear from the res ervoir to the interior of the barrel. During the operation of llin g, the air within the barrel, as it is displaced by the fluid, esca-pes through the apertures A2, carrying with it more orless of the fluid in the shape of froth or foam. The

air readily escapes through the passages al ready described; but the fluid is intercepted by the coverings to the drip-pan A3. As the barrel is filled the float B will be carried up ward upon the surface of the fluid. At the desired point, which has before been deter mined, and the device regulated accordingly by means of the slotted catch d2 and the setscreW di, the catch or lug d on the crank D is tripped by the float through the lever-connections, as shown in Fig. 3, or in any other suitable manner.

The catch d2 is adjustably attached to the lever d3 by means of the thumb set-screw d1. As this catch d2 is raised or lowered more or less uid will be admitted to the barrel before the valve is released, and at pleasure it can be so set that the valve will be closed when the barrel is filled to any point desired.

The crank D set free, the valve C will resume its seat G1 by the force of the Weight of the uid above it, or it may be assisted by the coil-spring C2; and, if desired, further assistance may be given it to insure its promptly resuming its seat by means of the spring H, operating upon the crank D. As the valve closes the iioa-t B will return to the interior of the spigot, and by operatin g the lever AG the springlatch A4 is forced back Within the casing and the filler easily removed from the barrel ,and ready t0 be inserted in the next.

In the drawings I show one manner of connecting the float B with the crank D, the tripping of which releases the valve and closes it.

The arm B of the iioat B is pivoted at G. The oat B is raised by the fluid in the barrel, thus causing the short arm F2 of the float leverarni B1 to bear upon the arm FI of the springlever F, thereby depressing and tripping the lock d2, releasing the crank, and thereby closing the valve.

The mechanical construction of my device may be variously modified, and I do not limit myself to any particular mechanism by means of which the valve is closed by raising the float.

What I claim is- 1. In a barrel-filler, a oat Working on the inside of the barrel and on the outside of the filler tube, substantially as described and shown.

2. The combination, with air-passage Within a barrel-filler, of a drip-pan, provided at its upper end with deflectors to prevent the es cape of liquid, substantially as set forth..

3. In a'barrel-iiller, the spring-latch A, substantially as and for the purposes shown.

4. The combination, with an oscillating float of a barrel-filler, of a lever, F, provided with an adjustable catch, d2, an arm, F1, and a crank or hand Wheel attached to the valve-operatin g shaft, and provided With a catch, d, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN S. PARMALEE.

Witnesses:

JN0. GRoWELL, Jr., W. E. DONNELLY. 

